Question #98

Ans Choice C and E

Started by ankita96 · started 2020-08-11 09:14 · last activity 2020-08-12 19:49 · 3 replies

Hi, I read the explanation in the previous thread. I agree to what you are saying. However when doing quantifiers is it not true that many is represented as Some and a reversable statement. So shouldn't many here also mean that 'at least one'. Thanks in advance!

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  1. ankita96 · 2020-08-11 09:33

    *Reversible, sorry for the error!

  2. shunhe · 2020-08-11 16:18

    Hi @ankita96, Thanks for the question! Your’e right in saying that “many” is represented as “some,” and that “some” is a reversible statement. So “many X are Y” can be expressed as “some X are Y,” which can be reversed to say that “some Y are X.” However, that being said, the correct answer choice here is still (D) (and that’s actually in part the reasoning that makes (D) true). We’re basically told that a society with no laws would have no crimes. So that’s saying ~Laws —> ~Crimes And of course the contrapositive Crimes —> Laws Which is reflected in (D). The reason that (E) is wrong is because in this stimulus, we’re drawing a distinction between “some” and “many,” or otherwise (D) and (E) would say the same thing. And in that distinction, “many” is going to be more than “some.” But we can only conclude “some,” and not “many.” So in this instance, “many” not only means “at least one,” but also “more than some.” Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

  3. ankita96 · 2020-08-12 19:49

    okay yeah that makes sense ... thank you!

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